OMG Can't Believe Its Been More Than 12 Months...

 "Time flies by when you're having fun..." so they say.
I can't believe I haven't posted in over 12 months! That's crazy! 

 So I'd better have some good stuff for you to keep you updated in the Paragons Of Virtue Time Line.

NEW BOOK RELEASE

Whispers of Wildlight

A dying man. A magical realm. A prophecy built on a lie… and a sorceress whose music could break them both.

Lewis Mithas never expected a second chance.

Born with a degenerative disease and living on borrowed time, his only escape is fantasy novels and dreams of a life he’ll never have. Until a violent crash hurls him from the brink of death… and into the realm of Asunder. There, he wakes in perfect health—strong, glowing, and worshipped as the prophesied 'Lightwaker, a legendary hero destined to save the realm from ruin.

But Lewis isn’t a warrior. He isn’t magical. And he definitely isn’t prepared to be anyone’s saviour.

His only ally is Qord, a powerful sorceress whose magic is woven through music played on a platinum flute. Cold, brilliant, and broken in ways she won’t speak of, Qord is tasked with testing Lewis’s truth. Is he a fraud—or the final hope of a dying land?

As feelings grow and danger mounts, Lewis and Qord must navigate ancient prophecies, shadow magic, and the unraveling secrets of a kingdom on the edge. Because the more Lewis remembers about his real-world life, the more he questions whether Asunder is a gift… or a beautiful illusion.

And when the truth behind the prophecy is revealed, Lewis will have to make an impossible choice:

Stay and save a world that isn’t his… or leave and lose the only woman who makes him feel alive.

Waking in Asunder is a spellbinding romantasy story perfect for fans of:
Slow-burn romance with emotional depth
Enemies-to-lovers and reluctant allies
Magical portals, chosen-one twists, and music-based magic systems
Fantasy worlds filled with mystery, beauty, and danger
Heartfelt love stories with high stakes and lyrical prose

Step into the realm of Asunder, where music is magic, truth is dangerous, and love might just rewrite fate

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Lifted from a short fantasy RPG we must have started and aborted 4 times, I decided to write a short Romantasy story and I'm pleased with the way it turned out. If you like it, I might expand it into a series of full-size novels

GRANVILLE ISLAND, VANCOUVER VISIT

I was sooo fortunate to take a trip to Vancouver in October and got to stand in Granville Island, the site of the VENOM terrorist plot featured in "SprawlBall"

I was VIBRATING standing here... the actual steps Chase's team climbed at the start of the book

The Concrete Factory where Seth assembles his army of rager fanatics

The bridge that features heavily in the book where the Media Trailer broadcasts the game from

TORONTO VISIT

En route to Vancouver and on the way back, we stayed in Toronto, and we did our own version of "Race Across the World," dashing to Niagara Falls and back before the plane home took off. This is of course the home of the Sanctioned Trackers base in the book "Skin In The Game"

UPCOMING WORK IN PROGRESS

The long-time in the works Bounty solo book is in its final editing phase. Watch this space.

That's all for today, hopefully my next post won't take so long!

Ciao for now :-)

SprawlBall Chase Novel Map Of Granville Island

Here's the sketch that Chase made of Granville Island before the fateful match in the novel SprawlBall...

Get Paragons Of Virtue Superhero Fiction Novel Free

Get Paragons Of Virtue Superhero Fiction Novel Free

My first superhero novel SprawlBall will be free on Kindle for the next 5 days starting Dec 8th 2017.   Get it here and let me know what you think :-)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXVWJ5Z

Paragons Of Virtue Superhero Novels Original Strip pt2

It's a cold, wet November night and I'm reminiscing again.

See below the second instalment of the Paragons Of Virtue comic strip that first saw daylight all the way back in 1985 in the Superhero UK fanzine.  OMG that's 32 years ago!

First there were the role-playing games, played by a fanatically loyal group of teenagers throughout high school and beyond.  Stranger Things anyone?

Then Jonathan created this comic strip as part of his fanzine.

This actually features the Yakuza Oyabun known as Albatross.  Look out for his upcoming novel where he'll be going under his Japanes name Arubatorosu.  He's also in the "SprawlBall" novel if you haven't read that yet.

Get Paragons Of Virtue Superhero Fiction Novel Free

My first superhero novel SprawlBall will be free on Kindle for the next 5 days starting Sep 1. Get it here

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXVWJ5Z

Superhero Novels For Adults Free Promo - The Sequel

Delighted to announce that from June 6th through to June 10th the 1st Paragons Of Virtue novel "SprawlBall" will be available for FREE on Amazon.

This is your chance to grab this intense future sport set in Canada in the year 2053.  Superstar SprawlBall player Chase and his team brace themselves for kick-off, only to find the stadium deserted and the other team slaughtered...

This book introduces you to Arthur Deal - code name Chase - who has the unusual ability to run through walls.

You can read all about it on Amazon HERE

New Paragons Of Virtue Novel & A Free book

Good morning - it's Sunday morning as I write this, but it probably isn't when you read it!  Anyways, THREE quick updates on the Paragons Of Virtue Series...

Update 1: The next book in the series is well into the plotting stage as we meet the first female member of the team.  This is a military sci-fi/superhero genre mashup where we go interstellar to explore the origins and motivation of a certain armoured alien who likes to fly through the air at breakneck speed...

Update 2: After getting some feedback from loyal readers, I've gone ahead and uploaded the new cover for "Skin In The Game".  The stitched skin background is fairly disturbing, but I think the addition of Renegade's silhouette on the cover helps with the overall concept.

Update 3:  You can still get SprawlBall, the first Paragons book, free for the next couple of days up to and including March 14th  Here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/SprawlBall-Paragons-Virtue-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LXVWJ5Z

Stay tuned for developments with Book 3 and feel free to leave your comments and questions below.

SprawlBall in Top 100 Free Kindle Books!

Holy moley!

After running a 5 day free promotion on Amazom, just for fun I thought I'd check out where SprawlBall is in the rankings.  To my delight, its #93 in the top 100 Free kindle books today!  Wow!

So if you have grabbed it during the 5 day free promo, thank you so much - it's your fault!  

If you haven't grabbed it yet, today's the last day so you'd better get your slamsuit on and hustle!

And if you could leave me a nice review that would be super :-)

How to win a new Kindle Fire on Friday

Dear Reader,

I need a quick favour, and to encourage you to say ‘yes’, I’ve decided to give away a brand new Kindle Paperwhite next Friday.  Do you want it?

Yes, it’s worth £110 and someone reading this blog is going to win it – will it be you?

Here’s the thing – in order for my book to become the official bestseller on Amazon’s Kindle Platform, I have to have real people, real customers with real reviews.

If only 50 people reading this buy my book at just 0.99 it will probably get into the top 100 in its category.  Will you help me?

Now what’s a good way to motivate you to help me but with an “ethical bribe” so you and a few other nice people will buy my new Kindle ebook for just 0.99 and then write a quick review.   And if you like it, rate it 5 stars.

I don’t know if only 2 people will do this for me, or 100 people, but the odds of YOU winning a kindle Fire are waaay better than winning the lottery.

Next Friday I’m going to take all the names of people who left me a review directly from the Amazon page, I’m going to put them into a hat to randomly pull out the winner of a new Kindle Fire. Then I’m going to have it shipped right to your home, no matter what country you live in… just for buying an ebook and writing a nice review.

Oh, remember if you don’t win you’ll still get to download and read a really great fantasy novella which you’ll probably enjoy anyway.  And after this promotion I’ll raise the price back to retail level.

I know I’m being very greedy by asking you to spend 0.99.  You could just write the review on Amazon, even if you don’t own the book, but there’s a reason behind my request.

You see, buyers are given more credibility than non-buyers.  If you write a review for a book that you don’t own, Amazon doesn’t rate it very highly.  But if you actually buy it through your Amazon account, they think it’s highly credible and place your review higher up the page.  This helps new people discover and realise that "SprawlBall" is a great new book.

So if you’re willing to help get the new Kindle book SprawlBall to bestseller status, use this link

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SprawlBall-Paragons-Virtue-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LXVWJ5Z

Please buy it and post your review before Friday the 30th September so I can enter you into the prize draw.

Garry Miller

Author of SprawlBall

Writing Superhero Fiction When You Have too Many Ideas!

It's a wet and windy September morning as I write this.  Paragons book 1 "SprawlBall" launched last week and is currently doing well on the Amazon kindle platform.  I'm waiting for the first reviews with excitement and trepidation.  There's something very vulnerable when you publish your ideas for the world to see...

Meanwhile I'm delighted to say that book #2 "Skin In The Game" is coming together nicely.  In fact, it's taken on a life of its own with an emerging theme that I didn't even realise was lurking under the surface.

Add to that a villain who is so despicable that even I'm finding the grizzlier scenes hard to stomach.

Meanwhile we have the 3rd in the series gradually forming in the wings.  All very hush hush for now but suffice it to say that a tall, dark and handsome Paragon is getting his own book next.

Then there's an idea for a completely different team of enhanced supers - set in the same Paragons universe but nothing to do with them - that I'm talking to another author about in collaboration.

So the old brain cells are firing and the keyboard is smoking.  And if you subscribe to my VIP list over there, you'll be first to know when they get released.

In the meantime, I've put together a short survey to find out what you think of my work.  If you've read any of my books, click on the link to take the 2 minute survey and you will be offered the next book for free.  CLICK HERE

Thanks for reading this, I'm off to Algonquin National Park in the year 2053.  If you go down to the woods today...

SprawlBall paperback back cover

Chris just came through with the cover design for the back cover of the paperback version.

SprawlBall Just Went Live On Amazon Kindle!

Today is launch day!

Yes today the first of the Paragons Of Virtue novels - "SprawlBall" - featuring superhero Chase - went on sale internationally on Amazon Kindle.  How exciting!

From an idea back in 1985, then the inspiration to turn it into a novel in a tiny hotel room in London in January 2016, and now here we are.

You can see the final cover design at the top of this page, after taking feedback from fellow authors and the loyal public.

I'm now working on the website www.GetTheNext Book.com where I can put the whole series on display as they get published, but for now you can get your teeth stuck into "SprawlBall."

Already working on the second novel in the series called "Skin In The Game."

Make sure you join my VIP mailing list and I'll let you know when the next book is ready.